"Bewitched" scene

ace224 · Post by **ace224** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 4:34 pm

Does anyone have, or seen this below??

BEWITCHED : [4/10] : USA 2005 : Nora EPHRON : 102 mins
seen at Cineworld cinema, Sunderland (UK), 15th August 2005 - press show

* Given Bewitched's various problems, Danny Peary's comments about its cinematic forebears (in his Guide for the Film Fanatic) gain an ominous topicality:
I Married A Witch ... a memorable performance by Lake, who outacts the stiff March. An amusing sidelight is that March and Lake despised one another; according to her autobiography, in one romantic scene, in which they're shown from the waist up, she vindictively put her foot in his crotch, just to watch him squirm.
Bell, Book and Candle ... you'll be disappointed, even bored. Dream comedy cast was assembled - including Jack Lemmon, Elsa Lanchester, Ernie Kovacs, and Hermione Gingold - but everyone seems to have taken tranquilizers. Picture cries out for wildness, even slapstick humour. Only satisfying scene is romantic finale, which compensates somewhat for the sorry fate of lovers Stewart and Novak in the same years' Vertigo. Lifeless direction by Richard Quine.

Post by **nyllover** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 6:47 pm

Need to check it out!

scolear · Post by **scolear** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:48 am

Don't get too excited. This is 'I Married a Witch' a 1942 film with Fredric March and Veronica Lake and it isn't something you see in the film. Apparently she did it while they were filming a scene.

I found something about this online where she described what happened in her autobiography:

"He was standing directly in front of the chair. I carefully brought my foot up between his legs. And I moved my foot up and down, each upward movement pushing it ever so slightly into his groin. Pro that he is, he never showed his predicament during the scene. But it wasn't easy for him, and I delighted in knowing what was going through his mind. Naturally, when the scene was over, he laced into me. I just smiled."

Babylove · Post by **Babylove** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:51 am

nyllover wrote:Need to check it out!

I strongly concur, Nyl. Sounds very interesting!

scolear · Post by **scolear** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 1:34 am

I've found some more info. This is from Peekaboo, a biography on Veronica Lake:

'Veronica's second chance at vengeance also occurred during the second week of filming. This time, during one scene, she was supposed to be rocking in a chair when a picture frame falls off the wall, rendering her unconscious. During the shot, March walks in and tries talking to Veronica, completely unaware that she's been knocked out. As March stood directly over her in the chair, she very carefully thrust her foot into his groin repeatedly. Actor that he was, Frederic never showed the slightest grimace of pain on his face until he finished the scene - shot from the waist up - at which time, Veronica smiled devilishly and March chased her off the set.'

From her account of this she may have done it either to hurt him or distract him, I hope it was the second although either works for me!